Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cents Coins

Re:Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5... by ahi on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @09:43AM (#4448464)

86.64 million nickels were produced in 2009[1]. This stunt would take 230.84 years of nickel production to pull off. http://visualeconomics.creditloan.com/the-value-of-united-st...

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Re:Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5... by slantyyz on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @09:45AM (#4448473)

The facts about nickels in this thread are even more interesting the the hoax itself.

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Re:Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5... by RockyMcNuts on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @07:34PM (#4452048)

2009 was a low year for nickels, 1.2b coins is more typical

Still if coins stayed in circulation 20 years, $1b is same order of magnitude as all the nickels in circulation.

If anything, $3-4 in nickels per American seems on the high side, unless there are a lot of full coin jars.

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